Form 8-K

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 26, 2008

 

 

Open Text Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Canada   0-27544   98-0154400

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

275 Frank Tompa Drive, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 0A1

(Address of principal executive offices)

(519) 888-7111

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

The following information is furnished pursuant to Item 5.02, “Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.”

On August 26, 2008, Mr. Henry Garfield Emerson was appointed a director of Open Text Corporation (the “Company”). Attached is a press release, issued by the Company, on August 26, 2008, announcing the appointment of Mr. Emerson as a director of the Company.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description

99.1    Press release issued by Open Text Corporation on August 26, 2008, announcing the appointment of Mr. Emerson as a Director of the Company.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    OPEN TEXT CORPORATION
August 26, 2008   By:  

/s/ Paul McFeeters

    Paul McFeeters
    Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1   Press release issued by Open Text Corporation on August 26, 2008 announcing the appointment of Mr. Emerson as a director of the Company.

 

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